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Returning 35 results for 'bards beyond diffusing corrupt renown'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Corrupt Beyond Redemption Darklords aren’t misunderstood souls condemned through no fault of their own. If a person’s potential for evil is particularly great, the Dark Powers might indirectly
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
dracoliches, magically bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and
for his demise. He drew on the warped resurrection of dracoliches to become a lich himself. He continues to lead the Cult of the Dragon from the shadows, developing new ways to control and corrupt
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and megalomaniacal
. He drew on the warped resurrection of dracoliches to become a lich himself. He continues to lead the Cult of the Dragon from the shadows, developing new ways to control and corrupt dragonkind
Bard
Legacy
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves.
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves.
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
Moonblade
Legacy
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
special ritual in the throne room of an elven regent or in a temple dedicated to the elven gods.
A moonblade won’t serve anyone it regards as craven, erratic, corrupt, or at odds with
first rune always grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Each rune beyond the first grants the moonblade an additional property. The DM chooses each property or
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
knowledge, rather than brute force. Harper agents are often proficient in Investigation, enabling them to be adept at snooping and spying. They often seek aid from other Harpers, sympathetic bards and
relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
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I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic.
3
I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
House Ghallanda Yoren d’Ghallanda has expanded the holdings of his house far beyond its origins in the Talenta Plains and his headquarters in Gatherhold. Inns run directly by the house—each one a
little enclave of House Ghallanda’s authority, beyond the grasp of any local government—reach across Khorvaire, even in remote areas such as the edge of the Demon Wastes and the swamps of Q’barra. Even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
like these exist in your world. Wizards (and bards and druids) might be so rare that a player character learns from a single mentor and never meets another character of the same class, in which case
for organizations presented earlier in this chapter. A player character necromancer might cultivate renown within the Cabal of Thar-Zad, while a bard seeks increasing renown within the College of Mac-Fuirmidh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Ephara’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Ephara’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Oust the corrupt leader of a town or a city.
2 Reclaim a
new city, or perhaps reviving a dead one. One focused on development could go beyond the basics of what a city needs to survive and get into what a city requires to thrive—which could easily lead to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
completely reasonable and plausible explanation. Singing songs and strumming lutes might be fine for most bards. Who doesn’t like a rousing shanty now and then? But standing in a crowded tavern playing for
copper pieces tossed by commoners isn’t for everyone — and it certainly isn’t for bards in the Acq Inc world. The power and magic tied up in the voice of a franchise bard is meant for greater things
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Strahd’s domain, consider the plots in the “Beyond Barovia” section. Tatyana’s Incarnation d8 Who Is Tatyana’s Newest Incarnation?
1 Ireena Kolyana, the adopted daughter of burgomaster Kolyan
6 Petra Rilenovich, a young prodigy who has gained local renown for her remarkable paintings of what she calls her “dream lives”
7 Vanasia, the leader of a far-ranging Vistani band
8 Quentin L’Argent, the dragonborn son of human goat herders living near the ruined manor Argynvostholt.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
nothing. Beyond this, the text remains undecipherable, and the word “Khea” is also a mystery. If a character spends an hour inquiring in the polis about “Khea,” or succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence
(History) check (characters native to the nearby polis have advantage on this check), they determine that Khea is the name of a local sage of some renown. Once this fact is ascertained, the way to Khea’s ivy-covered home is easy to learn or recall.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an
is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires. Subrace. Ancient divides among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
attract. She is the patron of rangers in the same way that Milil is the patron of bards, but even rangers rarely pray to her directly. They instead pray to Gwaeron Windstrom, who they believe will
might be carved on a separate piece of wood and tacked to a living tree. These shrines typically mark the point in a forest beyond which locals know not to cut timber or hunt. Often these tributes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
determining the fate of millions in the Material Plane and even places beyond. Characters traverse otherworldly realms and explore demiplanes and other extraplanar locales, where they fight savage balor
existence itself. Characters who reach 20th level have attained the pinnacle of mortal achievement. Their deeds are recorded in the annals of history and recounted by bards for centuries. Their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bard: College of Spirits Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions—and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards
of the spell equal to the number rolled. Tales from Beyond 3rd-level College of Spirits feature You reach out to spirits who tell their tales through you. While you are holding your Spiritual Focus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
dark lord of Nessus, strives to subjugate the cosmos to satisfy his thirst for power. To do so, he must continually expand his infernal armies, sending his servants to the mortal realm to corrupt the
ever sample true power, which they crave like the sweetest ambrosia. Dark Dealers and Soul Mongers. Devils are confined to the Lower Planes, but they can travel beyond those planes by way of portals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Frost Giant Gigantic reavers from the freezing lands beyond civilization, frost giants are fierce, hardy warriors that survive on the spoils of their raids and pillaging. They respect only brute
head by winter. Crops don’t grow in their frozen homelands, and they keep little livestock beyond what they capture in their raids. They hunt the wild game of the tundra and mountains but don’t cook it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
makes good people bad and bad people worse. In its mean streets, gritty detectives contend with corrupt law officers while trying to foil the efforts of merciless gangs and monstrous thugs. In the highest
, seemingly a victim of some sort of ritual slaying. Outside help is needed to solve this delicate matter. 6 A radiant idol (see chapter 6) has formed a cult that attracts professors and staff of Morgrave University, promising them knowledge beyond imagining in exchange for their worship.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an
is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires. Subrace. Ancient divides among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
each year. The primary benefit of belonging to a guild is access to work, since the guildmaster can connect parties of adventurers with patrons and jobs suited to their talents. Beyond that, there are
city of Sharn, which is both the cultural heart of Breland and a nexus for intrigue and diplomacy. Bards have much to gain from the company of other bards, as they exchange news, stories, and songs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend. 9 Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the
characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee. 10 Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
engulfing its prey in a phantasmagorical nightmare. The key to defeating a dream eater lies not in brute force but in the ability to pierce its illusions and wrest others from its terrors. As such, bards
. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 13
Languages Deep Speech, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Ghastly Visions. Each creature that starts its turn within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
covers the salaries of a majordomo, a skilled hireling, and two untrained hirelings. Franchisees must pay any hirelings employed beyond this number. The franchise is licensed to operate in Phandalin
become a point of ongoing conflict between the characters and the corrupt banker. Company Positions At the signing of the franchise agreement, each character picks one of the positions detailed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
form and seeks to attack, deface, or corrupt it so it has the opposite effect on its viewers. One is more likely to defile the inspiring statue in a town square, making it into a symbol of fear and
sorrow, than to destroy it outright. HAG METAMORPHOSIS
It’s commonly believed that five kinds of hags exist in the world (and beyond it). What’s not so widely known is that some hags can change from one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
summoned me from beyond the grave?” Regardless of the answer, he commends the character for playing well and says, “In my crypt below the castle, thou shalt find a treasure worthy of one so talented as
doesn’t appear again. If the characters attack the ghost, it attacks them in turn. Treasure The lute, though old and covered in dust, has survived the passage of time. It is a magic instrument of the bards called a Doss lute.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
receive these quests. MORE OF UNDERMOUNTAIN TO LOVE
There are vast sections of Undermountain, including hidden levels, beyond those described in this book. Halaster seals off portions of the
’ Alliance gain 3 renown (see “Renown” in chapter 1 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) for returning the Eye of the Spider to Joroth. Both the gemstone and Falkir’s Fist can be found on level 10. Retrieve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Zariel in all matters and for all time. I will place Her above all creatures, living and dead. I will obey Her all my days and beyond with fear and servility.
I recognize the dispensation of the device
at such beauty, one can easily overlook the terrible force bound within it. Gargauth is, I believe, its name, though it calls itself the Hidden Lord. It was a pit fiend sent by Asmodeus to corrupt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
uses their keys to open the characters’ cells. “Hyustus” warns them that the magister is corrupt and suggests they flee the city before they’re sentenced to death. “Hyustus” offers to deliver messages or
crimes that don’t carry punishments of death or exile. This check is made with advantage if the character has renown in a respectable faction, such as Force Grey (the Gray Hands), the Emerald Enclave, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
17. Arcturia’s Court Characters who listen at the doors to this room hear harp music beyond. The room has a vaulted ceiling 20 feet high and contains the following: Arcturia. Arcturia — a gaunt
butterfly swarm is an instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp). The yellow sapphires carried by the animal-headed guards fit into the pillars in area 8. Each gemstone is worth 1,000 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. At the chamber’s center, a thick, foul-smelling mist billows from a shallow pool of brackish liquid. Something large and scaly lies within. Beyond it stands a sculpted pillar and a broad stone table
obvious to any creature in the passage beyond. C3: Whistling Hall Two whistlers (detailed at the end of this adventure) lurk in this hall. If creatures make considerable noise in area C2, the whistlers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
inheritors of a heroic tradition, and each person owes it to themselves and to society to strive for greatness. Beyond Meletis’s common folk, a few groups that hold noteworthy standing are detailed here
a few are deeply corrupt, serving only their own interests. The most senior member of the council is recognized as its leader, responsible for bringing the assembly to order and moderating its debate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
gods. A moonblade won’t serve anyone it regards as craven, erratic, corrupt, or at odds with preserving and protecting elvenkind. If the blade rejects you, you make ability checks, attack rolls, and
rune beyond the first grants the moonblade an additional property. The DM chooses each property or determines it randomly on the Moon Blade Properties table. Moonblade Properties d100 Property 01